The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22
Weekly News Summary.



WHITE RIVER JUNCTION is to be the seat
of Advent camp-meetings this summer.
THE Estey Organ Company will exhibit
mammoth organ at the London exhibition.
IT is stated in st. Adams that ex- Governor
Smith will give $4,000 fountain for Taylor
park
REV. DIR. BUCKINGHAM of Trinity church,
Rutland, is soon to take a six weeks trip to
Europe.
A GAS explosion in the town clerks office
at Rutland, Saturday, wrecked the office and
injured clerk.
IT is expected that the cornerstone of the
st. Johnsbury Catholic church will he laid
Monday, July 4.
REV. j. A. MACCoLL of st. Adams sails
for Europe July ID on the steamer Fur
nesia of the Anchor line.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made at
Winooski Sunday night to burn Bgwood's
store and tenement-house.
THE Grand Army veterans at Brattleboro
passed resolutions protesting against the
return of the rebel battle-tlags.
DIR. O. f. FAssETT, who accompanied
Superintendent Hobart to Mexico and Cali
fornia, is critically sick at his home in St.
Adams.
THE cornerstone of the main building of
Vermont Academy at SaXton's River was
laid Tuesday with addresses by Lieutenant
governor L ulleT anu OlneIS
ROBERT FITToN of Cavendish, who was
brought before the county court for divers
misdemeanors, including perjury, was
given thirty days in Jail and fined $500.
THE University of the City of New York,
at its commencement, conferred the degree
of DID. on Rev. Charles Van Norden of
Springfield, Mass, formerly of st. Adams.
ED. MURPHY has left his position as Pull
man car conductor on the Central Vermont
g. 4 ,st
ton in the customs service at Island Pond.
THE annual excursion of the Vermont
Press Association this year will be to Nan
tucket, July 10Th to 18th, and promises to he
one of the pleasantest ever taken by the
association.
Mr.. AND Mrs CHARLES CLEMENT of Rut-
land celebrated last week, with their chill
dren and grandchildren the ffty-sXth
anniversary of their marriage. Each is
eighty years old.
CHARLES BLAIsDELL of Bellows Falls was
committed to Jail, in default of $4,000 bail,
for assault with intent to kill his wife.
Blaisdell was intoxicated. His wife is in a
critical condition.
IT is expected that there will he but two
deputy collectors of internal revenue in this
state under the new arrangement, one of
whom will be stationary and the other will
travel over the state.
NORMAN DUNBAR's new farmhouse at
North Hartland was burned last Wednes-
day with most of the contents. The insur-
ance was 81 800. The fire is supposed to
have caught from a locomotive
A WESTERN town has offered the Carpen-
ter Organ Company of Brattleboro $4,000
to remove their works there, besides back
ing the head of the firm with 100000 cap
ital. The offer will, it is said, be declined
WESTMoRE boasts of young giant, Floyd
Taft aged about seven years and weighing
about 10 pounds. He is able to shoulder
two bushels of corn, and has lifted with
perfect ease his grandfather, who weighs
175 pounds.
PETER BARRows of North Springfield,
aged ffty-three, was killed last Thursday,
while choppng in the woods, by tree
falling upon him. John Sullivan, young
farmer, had his right eye put out by chip
while chopping.
REV. T. p. FROST, Rev. f. E. Dawson and
Rev. E.. A. Hoyt of st. Johnsbury have been
engaged as speakers at the temperance
picnic at Lyndonvile on the 4th of July.
Hon. w F. Dillingham; of Waterbury will
also be one of the speakers.
OVER in East Gilmore they had sugar on
snow at a sugar-party June It'll. The party
was in the church and the snow came from
f. b. MorSe'S sugar-paCe. Another sugar
party has been appointed for July 4th and
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The annual meeting OF the Vermont
Valley railroad was held at Brattleboro re-
Gently, at which the following directors
were chosen for the ensuing year: A. b.
Harris, Sprlngheiu, Mass: H. =. ho9lhsoh'
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REV. GEORGE y. CASEY, formerly of ST.
Adams, but now pastor of the French Catho-
lie church at Rutland, celebrated last week
the twenty-ffth anniversary of his ordna-
ton to the priesthood. a solemn high
mass was observed, with other festivities,
Bishop DeGoesbriand and thirty-one priests
rom vermont ana New York We're present
father casey received many presents
AT a meeting of the directors Of the
Bennington Battle Monument Association,
Governor Ormsbee presiding, action was
taken toward the proposed cornerstone
laying and celebration on August IL next.